Jo lives in a small town in southern Japan. She lives with her two children and Japanese husband and is learning more everyday about the world of Japanese agriculture and culture.

Monday, May 26, 2008

Crabs

The other day my son jumped off the kindy bus and proudly announced that he had caught a crab at kindergarten. I asked him what he had done with it and was told that it was in his pocket. As he pulled out a neatly folded tissue from his shirt pocket I had images of a squashed tiny, smelly crab falling out, but there was a big live healthy crab instead. As the rainy season approaches there are more and more crabs hanging around everywhere. I was pleased to see that today my son took a container to kindergarten to keep his crabs in rather than stuffing them in his pocket everyday!